γλυκύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú- (“sweet”). Cognate with Latin dulcis and Old Armenian քաղցր (kʻałcʻr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡly.kýs/ → /ɣlyˈcys/ → /ɣliˈcis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡly.kýs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡlyˈkys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈcys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈcys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣliˈcis/

Adjective

γλῠκῠ́ς • (glukús) m (feminine γλῠκεῖᾰ, neuter γλῠκῠ́); first/third declension

1. sweet (taste)

Inflection

First and third declension of γλῠκῠ́ς; γλῠκεῖᾰ; γλῠκῠ́ (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γλῠκῠ́ς glukús	γλῠκεῖᾰ glukeîa	γλῠκῠ́ glukú		γλῠκέε glukée	γλῠκείᾱ glukeíā	γλῠκέε glukée		γλῠκεῖς glukeîs	γλῠκεῖαι glukeîai	γλῠκέᾰ glukéa
Genitive		γλῠκέος glukéos	γλῠκείᾱς glukeíās	γλῠκέος glukéos		γλῠκέοιν glukéoin	γλῠκείαιν glukeíain	γλῠκέοιν glukéoin		γλῠκέων glukéōn	γλῠκειῶν glukeiôn	γλῠκέων glukéōn
Dative		γλῠκεῖ glukeî	γλῠκείᾳ glukeíāi	γλῠκεῖ glukeî		γλῠκέοιν glukéoin	γλῠκείαιν glukeíain	γλῠκέοιν glukéoin		γλῠκέσῐ / γλῠκέσῐν glukési(n)	γλῠκείαις glukeíais	γλῠκέσῐ / γλῠκέσῐν glukési(n)
Accusative		γλῠκῠ́ν glukún	γλῠκεῖᾰν glukeîan	γλῠκῠ́ glukú		γλῠκέε glukée	γλῠκείᾱ glukeíā	γλῠκέε glukée		γλῠκεῖς glukeîs	γλῠκείᾱς glukeíās	γλῠκέᾰ glukéa
Vocative		γλῠκῠ́ glukú	γλῠκεῖᾰ glukeîa	γλῠκῠ́ glukú		γλῠκέε glukée	γλῠκείᾱ glukeíā	γλῠκέε glukée		γλῠκεῖς glukeîs	γλῠκεῖαι glukeîai	γλῠκέᾰ glukéa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		γλῠκέως glukéōs				γλῠκῠ́τερος glukúteros				γλῠκῠ́τᾰτος glukútatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γλεῦκος (gleûkos)
• γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza)

Descendants

• English: glyco-
• Greek: γλυκός (glykós, “sweet”)

References

• “γλυκύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γλυκύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γλυκύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γλυκύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλυκύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γλυκύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “γλυκύς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1099 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • charming idem, page 126.
  • dear idem, page 198.
  • delicious idem, page 208.
  • delightful idem, page 208.
  • enchanting idem, page 270.
  • fascinating idem, page 308.
  • grateful idem, page 370.
  • luscious idem, page 505.
  • pleasant idem, page 619.
  • ravishing idem, page 674.
  • sweet idem, page 848.
  • toothsome idem, page 881.